Iranian Turkmens

Iranian Turkmens
ایران تۆرکمنلری
Eýran türkmenleri
Turkmens of Bandar-e Torkaman, Iran
Total population
500,000 - 1,000,000[1]
790,000 - 1,600,000[2][3]
1–2.4 million[4]
1-2% of the total population
Regions with significant populations
Golestan Province, Razavi Khorasan Province and North Khorasan Province
Languages
Turkmen, Persian
Religion
Sunni Islam

Iranian Turkmens (Persian: ترکمن‌های ایران; Turkmen: ایران تۆرکمن‌لری, romanized: Eýran Türkmenleri) are a branch of Turkmen people living mainly in northern and northeastern regions of Iran. Their region is called Turkmen Sahra and includes substantial parts of Golestan Province of Iran. The number of Turkmens in Iran is estimated at 0.5 to 2.4 million people.

  1. ^ Arakelova, Victoria (2015). "On the Number of Iranian Turkophones". Iran and the Caucasus. 19 (3): 279. doi:10.1163/1573384X-20150306. The main body of the Iranian Turkophone mass generally consists of two parts: proper Turkic groups—the Turkmen (from 0,5 to 1 million), partially the Qashqays (around 300,000), as well as Khalajes (currently Persian-speakers living in Save, near Tehran); and the Turkic-speaking population of the Iranian origin, predominantly the Azaris, inhabiting the north-west provinces of Iran roughly covering historical Aturpātakān.
  2. ^ "Ethnologue". Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. ^ CIA World Factbook Iran
  4. ^ Potter, Lawrence G. (2014). Sectarian Politics in the Persian Gulf. Oxford University Press. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-19-937726-8. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

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